Frank D. Robinson to Receive 2013 Guggenheim Medal

Honored for Conception, Design and Manufacture of Quiet, Affordable, Reliable and Versatile Helicopters

April
9, 2013 – Reston, Va. – Frank D. Robinson, founder, Robinson Helicopter
Company, Torrance, Calif., has been selected to receive the 2013 Daniel
Guggenheim Medal. He will receive the medal on Wednesday evening, May
22, at the Grand Awards Banquet of the American Helicopter Society
International’s 69th Annual Forum and Technology Display, May 21–23, at
the Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Ariz.

Established in 1929 to honor notable achievements in aeronautics, the
Daniel Guggenheim Medal is awarded jointly by the American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the American Society of Mechanical
Engineering (ASME), the American Helicopter Society (AHS) International,
and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International.